22nd April 2026

The Old Kent Road Family Zone (OKRFZ) emerged from the belief that many solutions to health and wellbeing challenges experienced by the community are already held within the community itself. It demonstrates what is possible when schools act as community anchors and communities are given genuine power to shape local services and supports.

For Children’s Mental Health Week 2026, we’re thinking about what it takes to reshape systems to better support children and young people’s sense of belonging.

5th December 2025

We recently came together with over 150 researchers, designers and practitioners to launch our Anti-Racism Action Framework: Centring Equity in Research and Design Practice. Launching this framework now feels particularly urgent as, against a backdrop of increasing mobilisation by the far-right and ongoing harmful and hateful rhetoric, many of us are grappling with how to take action that is meaningful, sustained and structurally focused rather than symbolic or episodic. 

2nd December 2025

Recently we celebrated the launch of the Trauma-Informed London website and resources. The event brought together practitioners and leaders from local authorities, healthcare, policing and the voluntary sectors under a shared ambition: to reimagine how services function in London and how Londoners experience, access and engage with those services every day. The insights shared in the room paint a picture of what it takes to embed trauma-informed practice meaningfully and at scale, with learning relevant for services and systems beyond the capital. 

29th October 2025

Communications Lead, Megan Gordon, reflects on how our work in systemic change can transform relationships of power.

24th October 2025

Senior Researcher, Ediane Santana de Lima, shares her insights on what it takes to create meaningful spaces for participation that shift power.

30th September 2025

Systemic Change Lead, Megan Keenan, shares some reflections on approaches to making sense of complexity.

12th September 2025

We think that a recipe for a Best Start in Life strategy that is meaningful, responsive to the diverse needs of local communities and sustainable has four key ingredients. In this article our Chief Executive, Tim Hobbs, reflects on those four components.

31st July 2025

Announcing a new and unique offer from Dartington Service Design Lab, Ideas Alliance CIC and Collaborate CIC to support local partnerships to develop and deliver Best Start in Life Strategies and Best Start Family Hubs.

9th July 2025 - Reflections on what it takes to build shared thinking around outcomes, with our friends at the Common Outcomes for Children and Young People Collaborative.